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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3815201" data-attributes="member: 32740">Stupidest thing my players ever did was to botch up a great module from start to finish - Against the Cult of the Reptile God.&nbsp; The PC's arrive in town specifically having been called there to look into disappearances.&nbsp; They trace one disappearance to the local inn/tavern.&nbsp; The players don't seem to want to take any action AT ALL so I browbeat them into questioning some townspeople.&nbsp; They verify that a NUMBER of people have disappeared when they check into the inn.&nbsp; They go to the inn.&nbsp; The NPC's running the inn look and act highly suspicious.The PC's decide to get rooms for the night - right at that inn.&nbsp; Breaking established practice several of them declare they will get rooms all by themselves.&nbsp; When I ask why they have no particular reason.&nbsp; Are they perhaps anticipating laying a trap?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; When I ask what these PC's do when they are alone in their rooms they tell me, &quot;I'm SLEEPING of course.&quot;&nbsp; When I ask the PC's who are NOT rooming alone if they want to set up watches that night they say, &quot;No.&quot;So what happens?&nbsp; The cult members running the inn use the secret doors, silence spells, and overwhelming numbers to take one or more of the PC's captive.&nbsp; As I recall the one(s) sleeping alone were of course given the room(s) accessible by the secret hallway.&nbsp; Actually, I recall now that I just made it a TPC (total party capture) after giving them every break possible.&nbsp; They argued about the Silence spell actually MAKING them aware in their sleep that all the sounds (of 3am dead of night no less!) were suddenly absent.&nbsp; I let them make rolls to possibly wake up.&nbsp; Some of them made it.&nbsp; They all still succumbed to overwhelming numbers because they were all unarmed, unarmored (having been asleep), and NONE of them made any attempt to simply LEAVE the room or the area of effect of the silence to warn anyone else.&nbsp; They all just stood their ground at their bedside and fought until they were clubbed down.They all had the gall to get angry at that point as if I was running a Kobayashi Maru scenario where there was intentionally no way to win.&nbsp; I ended the session right there and it still took me a week to calm down.&nbsp; They were just WILLFULLY being stupid.&nbsp; They'd never done it before or anything like it later but they just acted with outrageous, intentional ignorance as if nothing I'd said regarding the adventure, the suspicious NPC's, etc. actually meant anything.&nbsp; One of the most disappointing nights of gaming I've ever had.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3815201, member: 32740"] Stupidest thing my players ever did was to botch up a great module from start to finish - Against the Cult of the Reptile God. The PC's arrive in town specifically having been called there to look into disappearances. They trace one disappearance to the local inn/tavern. The players don't seem to want to take any action AT ALL so I browbeat them into questioning some townspeople. They verify that a NUMBER of people have disappeared when they check into the inn. They go to the inn. The NPC's running the inn look and act [I]highly[/I] suspicious. The PC's decide to get rooms for the night - right at that inn. Breaking [I]established[/I] practice several of them declare they will get rooms all by themselves. When I ask why they have no particular reason. Are they perhaps anticipating laying a trap? No. When I ask what these PC's do when they are alone in their rooms they tell me, "I'm SLEEPING of course." When I ask the PC's who are NOT rooming alone if they want to set up watches that night they say, "No." So what happens? The cult members running the inn use the secret doors, silence spells, and overwhelming numbers to take one or more of the PC's captive. As I recall the one(s) sleeping alone were of course given the room(s) accessible by the secret hallway. Actually, I recall now that I just made it a TPC (total party capture) after giving them every break possible. They argued about the Silence spell actually MAKING them aware in their sleep that all the sounds (of 3am dead of night no less!) were suddenly absent. I let them make rolls to possibly wake up. Some of them made it. They all still succumbed to overwhelming numbers because they were all unarmed, unarmored (having been asleep), and NONE of them made any attempt to simply LEAVE the room or the area of effect of the silence to warn anyone else. They all just stood their ground at their bedside and fought until they were clubbed down. They all had the gall to get angry at that point as if I was running a Kobayashi Maru scenario where there was intentionally no way to win. I ended the session right there and it still took me a week to calm down. They were just WILLFULLY being stupid. They'd never done it before or anything like it later but they just acted with outrageous, intentional ignorance as if nothing I'd said regarding the adventure, the suspicious NPC's, etc. actually meant anything. One of the most disappointing nights of gaming I've ever had. [/QUOTE]

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